in all the moments leading up
to this moment i've noticed a
change in season so slight
it is easily missed;
it is not what anyone had planned on
and it is not what anyone's wished-

regardless,
it goes by unnoticed by most,
and maybe it's better this way.
in the times when it seems like
no one's got anything to say,
we talk about the weather
to fill the empty spaces in
conversations that would
otherwise go unhad-
conversations to fill the spaces
of more meaningful words left unsaid.

it hasn't snowed that much this winter
and while it doesn't break my heart
there is a sense that
something
has been lost.

01/08/2007

Posted on 01/08/2007
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